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^ BY-LAWS 



BOARD OF REGENTS 



UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, 



LIE"COLlsr, I^EB. 



AS AMENDED AND REVISED DECEMBER, 1887. 



PUBLISHED Br AVTHORITY OF THE BOARD. 



LINCOLN: 

STATE JOURNAL COMPANY, PRINTERS. 
1888. 



BY-LAWS 



BOARD OF REGENTS 



UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, 



LII^fCOLN, I^EB. 



AS AMENDED AND REVISED DECEMBER, 1887. 



PUBLISHED BY A UTHORITY OF THE BOARD. 



LINCOLN : 

STATE JOURNAL COMPANY, PRINTERS. 
1 888. 






IN EXCHANGE 



BOARD OF REGENTS. 



Term expires January, 1892. 

Term expires January, 1892, 
Term expires January, 1888 
Term expires January, 1888 
Term expires January, 1890 
Hon. John T. Mallalieu, Kearney, Term expires January, 1890, 



Hon. Charles H. Gere, 


Lincoln, 




President. 


Hon. LeavitT Burnham, 


Omaha, 


Hon. Jesse M. Hiatt, 


Alma, 


Hon. Edward P. Holmes, 


Lincoln, 


Hon. Milton J. Hull, 


Edgar, 



J. Stuart Dales, Secretary^ Lincoln. 



REGENTS ELECT NOVEMBER, 1887. 



Byron B. Davis, vice J. M. Hiatt, 
George Roberts, vice E. P. Holmes, 

Terms expire January, 1894, 



McCook. 
Creighton. 



BY-LAWS. 

As^amended and revised, December, 1887. 



CHAPTER I. 

ANNUAL AND REGULAR MEETINGS. 

Section i. There shall be an annual meeting of the 
Board of Regents, to be held on the Tuesday next preced- 
ing the annual commencement ; also a regular meeting the 
Tuesday next preceding the close of the Fall term. 

SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

Sec. 2. Special meetings of the Board may be held on 
their own adjournment or on the call of the President, at 
the request of three Regents ; or on call of the Executive 
Committee when they may deem it expedient. 

In case of a called meeting, at least ten days' notice shall 
be given in writing to each member of the Board. 

PLACE OF MEETING. 

Sec. 3. The meetings of the Board shall be held at the 
University, in the city of Lincoln, unless otherwise ordered 
by the Board ; and all such meetings shall be open to the 
public, except when the Board shall otherwise order. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Sec. 4. The order of business of the Board of Regents 
shall be as follows : 

ist. Reading, correcting, and approving the minutes of 
the last preceding meeting. 

2d. Report of the-Chancellor. 



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3d. Reports from standing or special committees. 
4th. Presentation of memorials or other communications 
to the Board. 

5th. Motions or resolutions. 

6th. Unfinished or miscellaneous business. 

STANDING COMMITTEES. * 

Sec. 5. There shall be four standing committees of the 
Board, as follows : 

ist. The Executive Committee, of which the President 
shall be chairman. 

2d. The Finance Committee. 

3d. The University and Library Committee. 

4th. The Committee on Course of Study. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Sec. 6. This committee shall have the general super- 
vision of all the property belonging to the University , shall 
have authority to institute suits when necessary, for main- 
taining the rights or for recovering property belonging to 
the University ; and shall prepare or cause to be prepared 
the biennial report of the Board, as required by law, to the 
Governor of the State. 

FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

Sec. 7. This committee shall have the general super- 
vision of the financial condition of the University, subject 
to the regulations and control of the Board. 

At the annual meeting of the Board they shah make a full 
report, showing the financial condition of the University, 
the nature and amount of its several funds, making an esti- 
mate of the receipts and expenditures for the next year, 
and such recommendations^ as the committee may think 
proper to make. The fiscal year shall close the last day of 
November in each year. 



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UNIVERSITY AND LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 

Sec. 8. This committee shall have particular supervision 
of the buildings and grounds of the University, and of the 
College Farm, and shall direct ihe expenditures ordered by 
the Board, except when the same shall be otherwise pro- 
vided for. They shall have supervision of the University 
Library and Cabinets, and make all needful rules and regu- 
lations for the safe keeping of the books and collections of 
the University, subject to the approval of the Board. 

committee on course of study. 

Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of this committee to have 
supervision over the courses of study in the various depart- 
ments of the University, and report thereon at their option, 
or when directed so to do by the Board. But no motion to 
change the course of study in any department shall be put 
on its passage until it has been referred to the proper Fac- 
ulty for its report thereon. 

THE LIBRARIAN. 

Sec 10. The Librarian shall have control of the Li- 
brary of the University, and shall open it for use under the 
regulations made by the University and Library Commit- 
tee, and the Library Committee of the Faculty. He shall 
make an annual report to the Board of Regents at their 
meeting next preceding the Commencement, showing the 
number of volumes that have been added during the year, 
and what books have been lost or destroyed, and by whom. 
He shall also keep an alphabetical record of the title of 
each book purchased, and the cost of the same. 

THE REGISTRAR. 

Sec II. The Registrar of the University shall keep a 
record of the name, age, and place of residence of each 
student, together with the names and places of residence of 
their parents or guardians, in a book prepared for that pur- 



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pose. The Registrar shall also keep a record of the sev- 
eral studies pursued by each student, the date of their en- 
trance to and graduation from, or leaving the University, 
with the circumstances attending. Each professor or in- 
structor shall at the close of each term furnish to the Regis- 
trar for record, a report of the class standing of every stu- 
dent in the several branches taught by him. The Registrar 
shall furnish to each student at the close of each term, and 
to their parents or guardians when required, a report of the 
student's standing in the several studies pursued. In case 
of a vacancy in the office of Re^istjar, the duties thereof 
shall be performed by the Secretary of the General Faculty 
until otherwise ordered by the Board. 



CHAPTER II. 



OFFICERS OF THE BOARD, AND THE CHANCELLOR — DUTIES 

OF. 

Section i. The officers of the Board shall consist of a 
President and Secretary ; the latter shall \>^ ex officio Stew- 
ard of ihe University. 

DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT. 

Sec. 2. The President shall preside at all meetings ol 
the Board of Regents, and shall cause its business to be 
conducted according to general parliamentary rules, as 
modified by the regulations of the Board. 

In the absence of the President, the Board may appoint a 
President pro tem., who shall perform the duties of the pre- 
siding officer of the Board. The President shall counter- 
sign all certificates issued by the Secretary. 

DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 

Sec. 3. The Secretary shall have the custody of all the 
books and papers of the Board, except such as are other- 
wise specially provided for. He shall keep them safely on 



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file, subject always to the inspection of the Board or any 
committee or member thereof. He shall keep an accurate 
journal of all the proceedings of the Board. He shall draw 
all certificates authorized by the Board, or by the rules 
and regulations of the Board. He shall perform such other 
duties as pertain to his office, and such as shall be required 
by the Board, or by its rules and regulations. For the safe 
keeping of the books and papers of the Board, and for de- 
livering them to his successor, and for the faithful perform- 
ance of his other duties, the Secretary shall, before enter- 
ing on the duties of his office, execute a bond to the Board 
in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), with 
two approved sureties, which bond shall be deposited by 
the President of the Board wnth the State Treasurer for safe 
keeping. 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 

- Sec. 4. The President of the Board shall be elected at 
the annual meeting in June, and shall hold his office for two 
years, and until his successor is elected and jqualified. At 
the first annual meeting after the adoption of these amended 
by-law^s, a Secretary of the Board shall be elected, who 
shall thereafter hold his office at the pleasure of the Board 
and by the same tenure as is fixed by statute for professors, 
and until his successor is elected and qualified. 

DUTIES OF the CHANCELLOR. 

Sec. 5. The Chancellor of the University is president 
of the several Faculties of the University. He is charged 
with a general supervision of all the associated colleges of the 
University, and shall see that all the regulations and orders 
of the Board are complied with ; in case of vacancy in any 
department of instruction occurring in the vacation of the 
Board, he shall secure the necessary supply therefor until the 
next meeting of the Board ; and shall exercise such general 
executive powers as are necessary to the good government 



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of the University and the protection of its interests, which 
are not otherwise provided for. 

He shall make an annual report to the Board at its an- 
nual meeting, respecting the condition of the University, 
embodying all recommendations of the General Faculty for 
the improvement of the same, when so directed, and such 
suggestions as he may think proper. 

Sec. 6. The Chancellor shall have the right at any meet- 
ing of the Board of Regents to present and discuss such 
matters as pertain to the general welfare of the institution, 
except those involving his own personal relation to the 
University. 

THE STEWARD. 

Sec. 7. The Steward and Secretary shall keep his of- 
fice in some one of the University buildings, in rooms set 
apart ior that purpose by the Board, and his office shall be 
kept open daring the ordinary business hours of the day, 
except when he is necessarily absent. 

The Steward shall be the chief fiscal officer of the Uni- 
versity and of the Board of Regents, and he shall have gen- 
eral authority to act for and on behalf of the Board, in 
fiscal matters, when it is not in session. He shall perform 
such other duties as the Board may from time to time direct. 
He shall report to the Board of Regents from time to time, 
in writing, concerning the business of his office, and also 
^such recommendations as he shall deem best and for the 
general welfare of the University, within the scope of his 
powers and duties. 

The Steward shall hold his office ex officio as Secretary 
of the Board until otherwise ordered, and the tenure of of- 
fice shall be the same as is fixed by statute for professors. 
During the intervals between sessions of the Board, the 
Steward shall audit and pay all claims contracted upon his 
authority or know n by him to be correct, within the limits 
of appropriations make by the Board of Regents. (R. R. 
2. 47.) 



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CHAPTER III. 

RELATING TO FINANCES AND PROPERTY OF THE 
UNIVERSITY. 

SALARIES. 

Section i. The salary of each officer, professor, tutor, 
or other person employed by the Board, shall be fixed by 
a resolution of the Board at the time the appointment is 
made, and the Secretary is authorized to issue a certificate 
therefor as the same shall become due. Salaries shall be 
paid quarterly, and in the discretion of the Board shall be 
subject to alteration at the close of the fiscal year for the- 
payment of salaries. For the payment of salaries the year 
shall begin the first of July. 

The janitor, watchman, or laborers regularly employed 
shall be paid their salaries monthly, and the Secretary is 
authorized to issue certificates therefor accordingly. 

In case of newly elected professors, tutors, or other 
teachers employed regularly by the Regents, one-'half of 
the first quarter's salary may be paid in advance, and upon 
application of the party entitled thereto the Secretary is 
authorized to issue his certificate accordingly. 

The salaries of all members of the corps of instruction 
shall be paid at the close of each quarter, dating from July 
ist of each year, unless the Board shall specifically order 
otherwise ; the specific order of the Board now existing re- 
lating hereto shall not be abrogated by this general rule, un- 
til June 30, 1888, (R. R. i. 54, 229, 477.) 

DEBT. 

Sec. 2. No debt or obligation whatever shall be incurred 
by or in behalf of the Board, except by resolution entered 
at length in the Secretary's journal ; or by a committee 
acting pursuant to authority expressly granted by the 
Board, or by some person having general authority to act 
for and in behalf of the Board. 



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REGENTS CERTIFICATES. 

Sec. 3. The Regents shall file with the Secretary a 
statement of their actual expenses at the close of each 
meeting, upon the filing of which the Secretary is hereby 
authorized to issue a certificate for the same. 

CLAIMS. 

Sec. 4. All claims against the University must be pre- 
sented in writing, and when audited and allowed by the 
Board, or by a committee or officer acting pursuant to 
authority expressly granted by the Board, the Secretary 
shall issue^a certificate for the same. 

CERTIFICATES. 

Sec 5. No certificate shall be issued by the Secretary 
except by express direction of the Board, recorded in the 
journal, or by direction in writing, of a committee acting 
pursuant to authority expressly granted by the Board, or 
except in pursuance of the general rules and regulations 
provided herein. 

LOANING PROPERTY. 

Sec. 6. Apparatus belonging to the University shall not 
be loaned or taken out of the institution except by permis- 
sion of the })roper Faculty. Officers of the University 
shall be held accountable for all property in their charge be- 
longing to the University. (R. R. i. 213.) 

estimates for departmental expenses. 

Sec 7. Before any approriation shall be made to de- 
fray the necessary current expenses of any department, the 
head of the department shall make an estimate of the 
amount needed, in writing, and submit the same to the 
Chancellor ; said estimate shall be considered by the Chan- 
cellor and Faculty, and in case they approve of an appro- 
priation they shall report the same to the Board of Regents 



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in writing : Provided, that such report shall be filed with 
the Secretar}^ of the Board at least forty- eight hours prior to 
a meeting of the Board. Such estimates shall be presented 
only at the annual meeting of the Board in June, and the 
various departments will be strictly confined for the year 
following to such estimates as the Board may approve. (R. 
R. 2. 71,98.) 



CHAPTER IV. 

RELATING TO FACULTIES GENERALLY, AND DEGREES. 

DEAN. 

Section i. There shall be elected at each annual meet- 
ing, by the Board of Regents, a Dean of each college, who 
shall preside at the meetings of the Faculty of such college 
in the absence of the Chancellor of the University, and shall 
perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by the rules 
and by-laws of such college. 

DEAN TO ACT AS CHANCELLOR. 

Sec. 2. In case of a vacancy in the office of Chancellor 
during the time intervening, between sessions of the Board 
of Regents, the Dean of the Academic Faculty shall per- 
form the duties of Chancellor. 

Sec. 3. When any matter relating to the mianagement of 
the College Farm or the Industrial College is under discus- 
sion, the Dean of the Industrial College shall have the priv- 
ilege of making such statements relative to them as he may 
wish. (R. R. I. 413.) 

Sec. 4. The Board of Regents shall not dismiss any 
professor, tutor, or other officer without giving him three 
months' notice, except in case of gross immorality or mis- 
conduct. 



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MEMBERS OF FACULTIES. (RIGHTS.) 

Sec. 5. Any member or members of any Faculty may 
at any time communicate with the Board of Regents on 
matters pertaining to the interests of the University, which 
have been previously considered at a Faculty meeting. 
(R. R.I. 413.) 

VOTE BY BALLOT. 

Sec. 6. For final recommendation of students for any 
degree, by the different College Faculties, all votes shall be 
by ballot ; and in all cases of discipline, involving suspen- 
sion, dismissal, or expulsion, the votes shall be by ballot. 

TUTORS. 

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of every tutor appointed, in 
addition to his other duties, to give assistance in any Col- 
lege or department, when required by the Chancellor, pro- 
vided his entire service shall not exceed five hours each 
day. All tutors shall be appointed for a term not exceed- 
ing one year. (R. R. i. 418.) 

PRESENTS. 

Sec 8. No officer, professor, or teacher of the Univer- 
sity shall receive any present from any student or students 
of the same. 

DEGREES. 

Sec 9. All degrees of the University shall be conferred 
by the Board of Regents on the recommendation of the 
proper Faculty ; but no degree shall be conferred until all 
fees are paid, including the fee for diploma. 

FINAL SENIOR EXAMINATIONS. 

Sec 10. The examinations of the Senior Class shall 
close two weeks prior to the beginning of Commencement 
week, and the standing of the members thereof and the 



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recommendations of the Faculty in relation thereto shall be 
filed with the Secretary of the Board of Regents within one 
week after the termination of said examinations. 

MANNER AND CONDITION OF CONFERRING DEGREES. 

Sec. II. Ten days prior to the annual Commencement, 
the Faculty of each college shall report to the Board of 
Regents the names in full and the place of residence of all 
persons whom they shall recommend for a degree, and the 
kind of degree for which they are recommended; and if the 
Board in their discretion shall pass a resolution to confer 
the same, the report of the Faculty shall be inserted in full 
in the records of the Secretary. No candidate for a degree 
shall receive the same unless he or she has maintained a 
good moral character, and has sustained satisfactorily the 
examination prescribed by the Faculty by which he is rec- 
ommended for a degree. Each candidate shall also present 
to the proper faculty any thesis that may be required, and 
shall attend on such public duties as the Faculty may direct, 
and perform such public exercises as may have been pre- 
viously assigned. 

HONORARY MASTER'S DEGREE. 

Sec. 12. The Master's degree may be conferred, causa 
honoris^ upon such persons as have already received the 
Bachelor's degree at this University, being of at least three 
years' standing, and who shall give satisfactory evidence of 
one years' liberal non professional study. Any candidate 
for the Master's degree may be required to prepare and 
pronounce in public an oration during Commencement week. 
(R. R. I. 240.) 

THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS. 

Sec. 13. The degree of Master of Arts may be conferred 
upon graduates of this or any other college of equivalent 
undergraduate courses, who have passed a satisfactory ex- 



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amination in certain lines of study pursued under the direc- 
tion of the Faculty, and have been by them recommended 
for such degree. 

DIPLOMAS. 

Sec. 14. The Secretary of the proper Faculty shall, at 
least ten days before Commencement Day, report to the 
Secretary of the Board of Regents, the names of persons 
recommended by the respective Faculties for degrees, to- 
gether with the degree so recommended, and the Secretary 
of the Board shall procure suitable diplomas, and shall cause 
the name of each graduate to be inserted, and shall procure 
the signatures of the President of the Board and the Chancel- 
lor, and affix to each the seal of the University, and deliver 
them to the Chancellor. All degrees shall be conferred on 
Commencement Day by the Chancellor, acting under the 
authority of the Board of Regents, granted in pursuance of 
a recommendation of a proper Faculty. The fee for a 
diploma shall be five dollars in all cases, to be paid to the 
Treasurer of the University or other proper custodian of 
the funds thereof. (R. R. i. 413,) 



CHAPTER V. 

THE FACULTIES OF COLLEGES. — (R. R. I. 413, 428.) 

Section i. The professors and associate professors in 
the College of Literature, Science, and the i^rts shall consti- 
tute and be styled the '' Academic Faculty." (R. R. 2. loi.) 

Sec. 2. The professors and associate professors in the 
Industrial College shall constitute and be styled the " Indus- 
trial Faculty." (R. R. 2. loi.) 

Sec. 3. Subject to the approval of the Board of Regents, 
each college shall have authority to arrange its own course 
of study, determine what qualifications shall be requisite for 
admission, recofUmend students for graduation, sign the 



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diplomas of its graduates, and make all arrangements neces- 
sary for its efficient management, so far as such arrangements 
do not affect professors or students in the other college. 
All regulations which affect instructors or students in both 
colleges shall be made by the General Faculty, as provided 
in a subsequent section. 

MEETINGS OF COLLEGE FACULTIES. 

Sec. 4. General meetings of a college Faculty may be 
held at such times as they may appoint, and the Chancellor 
or Dean may call special meetings when deemed necessary, 
or on the application of two professors, and a majority of 
the acting professors in such college shall constitute a 
quorum. 

TEXT-BOOKS. 

Sec. 5. The text-books used in any department shall be 
under the control of the professor of the department, with 
the concurrence and final revision of the Faculty of the col- 
lege with which such professor is connected, and the Board 
of Regents. 

SECRETARIES. 

Sec. 6. The Faculty of each college shall appoint a Sec- 
retary, who shall keep a record of all its proceedings. The 
Secretaries of the several Faculties and of the Senate shall 
file in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Regents, 
prior to meetings thereof, official copies of all resolutions of 
said bodies relating simply to appropriations of money. Of 
all other proceedings intended to influence the action of the 
Board, they shall ffie official copies with the Chancellor, who 
shall embody them in his annual or special reports. Said 
Secretaries shall have custody of the files and papers be- 
longing to said Faculties and Senate, and shall perform such 
other duties as may be required of them by the proper 
Faculty, or by these By-Laws, or by the Board of Regents. 



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THE GENERAL FACULTY. 

Sec. 7. The several professors and associate professors 
who are members of the Academic and Industrial Faculties 
shall be united in one body, to be styled the General Fac- 
ulty, and this body, subject to the control of the Board of 
Regents, shall be charged with the government of the Uni- 
versity in all matters pertaining to both colleges, and shall 
have power to make and enforce all rules necessary to con- 
duct such government in all cases not otherwise specified in 
these By-Laws. Wherever in these By-Laws, or in the 
actions of the Board of Regents, the words, *' The Faculty'* 
are used, without restriction, the General Faculty shall be 
understood. All matters not specifically committed to any 
special Faculty, are committed to the General Faculty. 

MEETINGS OF GENERAL FACULTY. 

Sec. 8. Regular meetings of this Faculty shall be held 
weekly, at such times and places as it may appoint ; and 
special meetings may be called by the Chancellor or Dean 
of the Academic Faculty, when deemed necessary, or on the 
application of two professors, the object of which meeting 
shall be stated in the call. At all meetings a majority of the 
acting professors of the University shall constitute a quorum. 

SECRETARY. 

Sec 9. The General Faculty shall appoint a Secretary, 
who shall keep a record of all of its proceedings, and who 
shall also be governed by the rules prescribed for the Sec- 
retaries of the several Faculties and Senate. 

CLASS RECORDS AND REPORTS. 

Sec 10. Each professor or tutor in the University shall 
be required to keep an accurate record of his classes, the 
number taught in each class, text-books used, and the num- 
ber of exercises in each class per term, and at the close of 
each University year to make a complete and systematic re- 
port of the same to the Chancellor, who shall embody all 
the essential facts Reported in his annual report to the Board. 
(R. R. I. 413.) 



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CHAPTER VI. 

RELATING TO STUDENTS. 
ADMISSION. 

Section i. Each candidate for admission shall procure 
from the Chancellor a blank form of application, which must 
be properly filled, and after satisfactory examination in that 
department or college which he proposes to enter, may then 
be registered as a student in such department. But no stu- 
dent shall be admitted as a member of a class except on 
producing to the professor evidence of the payment of all 
required fees. If he comes from another college, he shall 
exhibit evidence of honorable dismission. 

HONORABLE DISMISSION. 

Sec. 2. Students not minors may have a dismission 
from the University at their own request, and minors at the 
request of their parents or guardians, provided in either 
case there is no reason connected with the government of 
the University for refusing it. 

DISMISSION FOR NEGLECT. 

Sec. 3. Whenever any Faculty is satisfied that a student 
is habitually neglectful of his duties, and not likely to fulfill 
the purposes of his residence at the Universit}^, or is in any 
way unfitted to remain, the Chancellor shall notify his 
parent or guardian that he may be withdrawn; and if not 
withdrawn from the University in a reasonable time, he shall 
be dismissed. 

SUSPENSION. 

Sec. 4. A student may be suspended, dismissed, or ex- 
pelled for continually resisting the government of the Uni- 
versity, or for immorality deemed injurious to the prosperity 
of the University. 



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PROHIBITIONS. 

Sec. 5. No student is allowed to frequent gaming houses 
or saloons, or to engage in gambling, or to use intoxicating 
drinks, or to do anything inconsistent with good morals. 
No student is permitted to neglect a call of the Chancellor 
or of any professor of a Faculty under which he is placed, 
but must attend without delay, and must obey the direction 
of the Chancellor or professor of the department to which 
said student belongs. All injury to the buildings or property 
of the University is forbidden. 

PETITIONS. 

Sec. 6. The presenting of petitions to the Board in regard 
to the appointment or removal of professors, or in respect to 
the government of the University, or holding meetings to 
criticise the same, is regarded as disorderly, and for such 
offense, in the discretion of the proper Faculty, students so 
offending may be dismissed from the University. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

Sec. 7. At the close of each term there shall be a public 
examination of all classes, and note made by each professor 
of the grade of each student so examined, the result of which 
shall be filed with the Registrar. At the close of the exam- 
ination, the Faculty shall determine what students shall be 
permitted to pass to the studies of the next term, and no 
one shall be entitled to pass except he is authorized by the 
Faculty so to do. 

STUDIES. 

Sec. 8. All students are required to have at least three 
daily studies or lectures, or their equivalents, unless excused 
by the Faculty, and to attend such other exercises as the 
Faculty may direct. (R. R. i. 254.) 



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DELINQUENCIES. 

Sec. 9. The Faculty have power to make all prudential 
regulations with respect to excusing absences from class and 
all other kinds of delinquencies, and to fix penalties for the 
same. 

CHAPEL EXERCISES. 

Sec. 10. There shall be chapel exercises at such times 
as the Faculty may designate, at which all the students at- 
tending the University shall attend, unless excused by the 
Chancellor. The attendance of the several professors and 
instructors at these exercises is urged as very desirable. (R. 
R. I. 276, 279,307.) 



CHAPTER VII. 



UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. 



Section i. The Library shall be open at such times as 
the Faculty may direct. 

regulations. 

Sec. 2. The Faculty, under the supervision of the Li- 
brary Committee thereof, shall make all needful rules and 
regulations for the safe keeping and proper use of the books 
belonging to the general library, and shall have power to 
prescribe all necessary conditions for the use of the same. 
These regulations, when made, shall be posted in conspic- 
uous positions in the Library and reading room. 

Sec. 3. The loaning of books to parties not connected 
with the University is strictly prohibited, but the Alumni, 
officers of the institution, and persons temporarily connected 
with any class, shall be allowed the same use of the Library 
as students. No books are allowed to be taken or given out 



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without authority of the Librarian. All Library funds shall 
be disbursed by the Academic Faculty through its proper 
committee, and a report of books purchased and the price of 
each with vouchers shall be made to the Regents at their 
annual and regular meetings. (R. R. i. 298.) 

READING ROOM. 

Sec. 4. The Faculty shall also determine who shall have 
access to the reading room, and prescribe all needful rules 
for the maintenance of order and quiet therein. 



CHAPTER VIIL 

UNIVERSITY SENATE. (R. R. I. 457, 461.) 

Section i. The professors of all the Faculties shall con- 
stitute a University Senate. 

Sec. 2. The Chancellor of the University shall be the 
presiding officer of the Senate, and in his absence a tempo- 
rary chairman shall be chosen. 

Sec. 3. The Senate, when convened, shall elect by ballot 
a Secretary who shall continue to serve until his successor 
is chosen. 

Sec. 4. The regular meetings of the Senate shall be held 
at least twice a year, the time to be fixed by the Senate. 
Special meetings may be called by the Chancellor or by the 
Secretary, at the request of five members, of which at least 
one shall be from each organized department of the Univer- 
sity. Notification of special meetings must be made in 
writing. 

Sec. 5. The Senate may consult on whatever pertains to 
the general interests of the University, and may communi- 
cate to the Board of Regents their views of such improve- 
ments as will promote efficiency in the work of the Univer- 
sity. (R. R, I. 478.) 



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Sec. 6. The Senate shall cause a full record of their pro- 
ceedings to be kept, which shall be open at all times to the 
inspection of the Board of Regents, or any member thereof. 

Sec. 7. The order of business at the regular meetings 
shall be: 

1. Reading the minutes of the last meeting. 

2. Reports of committees. 

3. Taking up communications. 

4. Resolutions and miscellaneous business. 

Sec. 8. Notice of meetings shall be transmitted to the 
various professors, in writing, at least two days prior to the 
time appointed for the meeting. 

Sec. 9. A majority of all the members of the Senate shall 
constitute a quorum, and no action of the Senate shall be 
binding on a Faculty unless one of its members be present. 

Sec. 10. On all questions in which the ayes and nays^may 
be demanded, by a motion and a second, a record shall be 
kept of those voting in the affirmative and in the negative. 

amendments. 

These By-Laws may be amended by a vote of two-thirds 
of the Board of Regents, at any regular or annual meeting. 



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